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Los 1962 Estados Unidos Cámara de Representantes elecciones fue una elección para la cámara de Estados Unidos de representantes en 1962, que se produjo en medio del Presidente John F. Kennedy término 's. Como en la mayoría de las elecciones de mitad de período, el Partido Demócrata de Kennedy perdió escaños frente al Partido Republicano de la oposición , pero retuvo la mayoría. Se esperaba que los demócratas de la Cámara perdieran la mayoría, pero la resolución sobre la crisis de los misiles cubanos apenas unas semanas antes llevó a un repunte en la aprobación de los demócratas bajo el presidente Kennedy.

El número de escaños para las elecciones se remonta a 435, de acuerdo con la redistribución resultante del censo de 1960. (La membresía se había incrementado temporalmente a 437 en 1959, proporcionando 1 escaño cada uno para los nuevos estados de Alaska y Hawai, mientras que los otros 435 escaños continuaron con la redistribución resultante del censo de 1950).

Esto marcó el último ciclo de elecciones de mitad de período en el que un presidente demócrata en funciones experimentó pérdidas netas para su partido en la Cámara mientras experimentaba ganancias netas en el Senado.

Overall results[edit]

Special elections[edit]

Elections are listed by date and district.

Alabama[edit]

Alabama lost 1 seat in redistricting and elected all seats at-large as a method of determining which seat to eliminate.

Alaska[edit]

Arizona[edit]

Arizona gained one seat and formed a new third district out of the northern part of the state.[1]

Arkansas[edit]

Arkansas lost two seats and merged the 5th and 6th districts into the other districts. 5th district incumbent Dale Alford chose to run for governor rather than face Wilbur Mills in a primary, and 6th district incumbent Catherine Dorris Norrell retired after serving out the remainder of her husband's term.[1]

California[edit]

Eight new seats were gained in reapportionment, including 4 additional districts in Greater Los Angeles alone as well as others in San Diego, the Northern Central Valley, Alameda County, and the Central Coast, increasing the delegation from 30 to 38 seats.[1] Seven of the new seats were won by Democrats, one by a Republican. Two Republican incumbents lost re-election to Democrats. Therefore, Democrats increased by 9 seats and Republicans decreased by 1.

Colorado[edit]

Connecticut[edit]

Delaware[edit]

Florida[edit]

Florida gained 4 new districts at reapportionment: the 3rd around Miami, the 9th in the Panhandle, the 10th around Tampa, and the 11th in Orlando and the nearby Atlantic coast.[1]

Georgia[edit]

Hawaii[edit]

Hawaii gained a second seat at reapportionment and elected both seats at-large.

Idaho[edit]

Illinois[edit]

Illinois lost one seat at reapportionment, merging the existing 21st district into the 20th and 23rd, and the Chicago districts were realigned to give more representation to the suburbs.[1]

Indiana[edit]

Iowa[edit]

Iowa lost one seat at reapportionment and divided the existing 6th district in north-central Iowa among several neighboring districts with compensating boundary changes elsewhere. Incumbent Merwin Coad chose to retire rather than run against one of the other incumbents.[1]

Kansas[edit]

Kansas lost one seat at reapportionment and redistricted from 6 to 5, combining the existing southwestern 5th and northwestern 6th districts into a single district, in which incumbents James Floyd Breeding and Bob Dole ran against each other, and making modest boundary changes elsewhere.[1]

Kentucky[edit]

Kentucky lost one seat at reapportionment. 5th district incumbent Brent Spence elected to retire, and his district was divided between several other districts with the lion's share going to the 4th.[1]

Louisiana[edit]

Maine[edit]

Maine lost one seat at reapportionment, redistricting from 3 seats to 2 -- a 1st district containing the coastal parts of the existing 1st and 2nd districts, and a 2nd district containing the existing 3rd district and the rest of inland Maine.[1]

Maryland[edit]

Maryland gained an eighth seat at reapportionment and chose to elect it at-large.

Massachusetts[edit]

Massachusetts lost two seats at reapportionment, one from each party.

Michigan[edit]

Michigan gained one seat at reapportionment, which it elected at-large rather than redistricting.

Minnesota[edit]

Minnesota lost one seat at reapportionment, and the 7th saw the largest change, with its territory split between the existing 2nd and 6th districts.[1]

Mississippi[edit]

Mississippi lost one seat at reapportionment, and merged the 2nd and 3rd districts without making other boundary changes.[1]

Missouri[edit]

Missouri lost one seat at reapportionment, and merged the 11th and 8th districts with compensating boundary changes to other districts.[1]

Montana[edit]

Nebraska[edit]

Nebraska lost one seat at reapportionment and split the southern 1st district between the eastern 3rd and western 4th districts.[1]

Nevada[edit]

New Hampshire[edit]

New Jersey[edit]

New Jersey gained one seat and formed a 15th district out of parts of the existing 3rd and 5th districts around Perth Amboy without making substantial changes elsewhere.[1]

New Mexico[edit]

New York[edit]

New York lost 2 seats at reapportionment; after redistricting, Long Island actually gained two seats while Manhattan lost two and Brooklyn and Upstate New York lost one each.[1] As of 2020, this would be the last time Republicans would win the most congressional districts in New York.

North Carolina[edit]

North Dakota[edit]

Ohio[edit]

Oklahoma[edit]

Oregon[edit]

Pennsylvania[edit]

Three seats were lost in reapportionment, decreasing the delegation from 30 to 27 seats, with redistricting removing one seat in Philadelphia and two in central Pennsylvania. Two of those seats were lost by Republicans (a retirement and a redistricting contest against a Democratic incumbent), and one seat was by a Democrat (a retirement).

Rhode Island[edit]

South Carolina[edit]

South Dakota[edit]

Tennessee[edit]

Texas[edit]

Texas gained one seat in reapportionment and elected it at large.

Utah[edit]

Vermont[edit]

Virginia[edit]

Washington[edit]

West Virginia[edit]

West Virginia lost one seat and redistricted from 6 districts to 5, splitting the existing 3rd district up among all the others.[1]

Wisconsin[edit]

Wyoming[edit]

See also[edit]

  • 1962 United States elections
    • 1962 United States Senate elections
  • 87th United States Congress
  • 88th United States Congress

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ There was 1 Independent

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Prentice Hall College Div. ISBN 0-02-920170-5.